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Originally Posted by rtfgnow
Listen again to the end of the video in your quote. The second yellow card was was for touching the controls during autonomous. The match was not lost when it started because the second yellow card had not happened.
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Thanks for the correction. I had missed the audio by not waiting long enough, and skipping to the score. Hearing it now I do recall the announcement but had not caught the part about touching controls.
The announcement does not match what I could see in the corner of the video, which as I said earlier appeared to be red alliance team members picking up controls that had been knocked off the shelf when a blue robot shook the castle wall during auton. Having seen this several times (as a referee) during matches earlier in the season, I did not think it was a G14. I guess the referees saw a team member touch controls in a way that was not required to ensure operator console safety? As Jared said, it was a tough situation for the referees.
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